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[phantomjiujitsu]

Hey I'm Alex, 27 and from Colorado Springs. I just brought home an 8 week old pitbull girl, her name is Shelby. I bought her off craigslist from a family who said she wasn't meshing with the kids. Turns out Shelby was just teething and not necessarily being aggressive.
We have a 7 year old son and a 6 year old Australian Shepard, so we are trying to keep all aggression in check and hopefully nonexistent.
I have owned a pit before, best dog ever. I do remember going through hell to train him though.
A few side notes about me are that I'm an MMA fighter and bouncer by profession. I play the guitar and sing in a band, and I love to play poker and blackjack!

[phantomjiujitsu]

She looks pretty standard APBT to me but what about to you guys?
The person who sold her to me said she was a "red nose pitbull" but what the heck is that? Just a vague description of her breed mixes in with the "color" of her nose? (It would be a rare brown nose pitbull if you ask me haha)

[AllisonPitbullLvr]

Cuteeeeee!

"Red nose" is a stupid term that people who know jack about pitbulls use to describe the breed. It doesn't mean anything. If she doesn't have papers, you can consider her a pitbull-type or a pitbull-mutt. A freaking adorable one at that!

I never understand how an 8 week pup can't "mesh" with a family.

It does sound like she was removed from the litter too early however. Have you thought about doing a puppy class with her for the purposes of positive and proper socialization?

[phantomjiujitsu]

Cuteeeeee!

"Red nose" is a stupid term that people who know jack about pitbulls use to describe the breed. It doesn't mean anything. If she doesn't have papers, you can consider her a pitbull-type or a pitbull-mutt. A freaking adorable one at that!

I never understand how an 8 week pup can't "mesh" with a family.

It does sound like she was removed from the litter too early however. Have you thought about doing a puppy class with her for the purposes of positive and proper socialization?

I think we are going to do a puppy class with her as soon as her shots are finished with. She's already got "sit" "lay down" "off" and "go potty" down so I'm interested in what else I can teach her to do at such a young age. I'll probably post a video because shes pretty smart!

[AllisonPitbullLvr]

Don't wait until her shots are done before you consider classes. The benefit of socialization starts much earlier than that.

[phantomjiujitsu]

So should I just go ahead and enroll her? Is the petsmart puppy class good? She has her first set of shots already taken care of, so will she be ok?

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[AllisonPitbullLvr]

You can wait until the second set if you're in a high risk area. Petsmart is ok, but I bet there's better. Where do you live? Maybe someone can recommend a good trainer in your area.

[jamielvsaustin]

She's cute, too bad CS has BSL.

[phantomjiujitsu]

Colorado Springs doesn't. Denver does.

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[jamielvsaustin]

I stand corrected!

[phantomjiujitsu]

When am I granted posting privileges to the rest of the forum?

[Curly_07]

Sorry for the wait!